Sugar Ray Leonard Sports Quotations

I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.

Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.

Boxing is a sport, but it's also entertainment. I wanted to transcend the sport and be considered just not as a fighter, or a champion, but someone very special.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street

Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.

I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport.

Boxing should focus on pitting champion versus champion - those are the fights that everyone wants to see. The sports also needs to work on developing new heroes and personalities. I'd like to see more vignettes on fighters, focusing on their lives, goals and stories. Boxers need to be larger than life.

I was just such a quiet kid. I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.

When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight.

Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.

Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over.

I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.

I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.